Jesuit Father James Martin said that above all, “Pope Francis has, through words and gestures, helped to open up the conversation around the Catholic Church and LGBTQ people,” marking “a sea change in the church’s approach to this community.”
Praise, protest for Pope Francis’ outreach to LGBTQ persons
Church leaders upbeat after key synodal assembly for Europe
Catholic delegates have praised the conciliatory atmosphere of debates on the church’s future direction at a continental assembly preparing Europe’s recommendations for October’s Rome Synod on Synodality.
German Synodal Path must not create new structures, doctrines, Vatican says
An unsigned “declaration from the Holy See,” published by the Vatican press office July 21, warned that Germany’s Synodal Path cannot institute “new modes of governance and new approaches to doctrine and morals.”
Vatican says no blessing gay unions, no negative judgment on gay people
The statement was a response to a question or “dubium” that came from priests and lay faithful “who require clarification and guidance concerning a controversial issue,” said an official commentary accompanying the statement.
Catholic schools diverge over status of teachers in same-sex unions
Two Catholic high schools in the Indianapolis Archdiocese took different actions in late June over employees who are in same-sex marriages.